四海

sìhǎi
(fig.) the whole world

CEDICT

  1. (Suzhounese) generous; magnanimous
  2. (literary, figurative) the world; the whole world
  3. generous; magnanimous
  4. the world; the whole world

Wiktionary

  1. 古代认为中国四周环海，因而称四方为「四海」。泛指天下各处。
  2. 中医上指髓海、血海、气海、水穀之海的总称。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 四 sì
  1. four
  2. 4
2 海 hǎi
  1. ocean
  2. sea
  3. great number of people or things
  4. (dialect) numerous

classifiers: 個, 片

Containing this entry

五湖四海 wǔhúsìhǎi all parts of the country
名扬四海 míngyángsìhǎi
  1. to become known far and wide (idiom)
  2. famous
四海之内皆兄弟 sìhǎizhīnèijiēxiōngdì all men are brothers
四海升平 sìhǎishēngpíng (idiom) the whole world is at peace
四海为家 sìhǎiwéijiā
  1. to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom)
  2. to feel at home anywhere
  3. to roam about unconstrained
  4. to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own
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Related entries

全球 quánqiú
  1. the whole world
  2. worldwide; global
放眼全球，立足本土。

Think globally, act locally.

Think global, act local.

Source: Tatoeba

海内 hǎinèi
  1. the whole world
  2. throughout the land
  3. everything under the sun
上海这个地方，海内海外什么菜肴都有。

Shanghai has everything under the sun when it comes to food.

Source: Tatoeba

五大洲 wǔdàzhōu
  1. five continents
  2. the whole world
天下 tiānxià
  1. land under heaven
  2. the whole world
  3. the whole of China
  4. realm
  5. rule
天下着倾盆大雨。

It's chucking it down.

Source: Tatoeba

一世 yīshì
  1. generation
  2. period of 30 years
  3. one's whole lifetime
  4. lifelong
  5. age
  6. era
  7. times
  8. the whole world
  9. the First (of numbered European kings)
女王伊麗莎白一世於1603年去世。

Queen Elizabeth I passed away in 1603.

Source: Tatoeba